Our interdisciplinary and collaborative research programme is arranged in five main research themes of Futures, Flexibility, Place, Governance and Equity. These themes cut across different scientific disciplines from engineering to social sciences, exploring the combined technological, economic and societal solutions that can deliver energy demand reductions in buildings, transport and industry.
Research for an affordable and secure low energy future
The Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) addresses the unique opportunity to realise benefits from energy demand reductions in industry, businesses, transport and homes. We explore the delivery of integrated technological and social change to rapidly reduce emissions, secure prosperity, reduce inequality and improve quality of life.
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Malcolm Morgan, EDRC
Carbon & Place
Carbon & Place is a freely available web-tool showing the per-person carbon footprints across Great Britain. It brings together small areas statistics, surveys and models to help understand variation in energy demand across different types of places.
This new version now includes Scotland and Wales, and tracks neighbourhood carbon footprints annually from 2010 to 2020 and incorporates additional data on: property prices, energy bills, vehicle ownership and EV Adoption.
Our themes
“Our experienced team produces innovative energy demand research on industry, buildings and transport. We answer the key research question of how to deliver reductions in energy demand to tackle the challenge of climate change. We provide robust evidence that supports the reduction of energy use whilst ensuring affordable use of energy, better energy security and improved quality of life.”
Stuart Robinson